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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

The quest to prevent COVID cases is Public Health's Afghanistan. Ends the same way, humiliation and tears.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

Think vaccines don't work? Pfizer is applying for EUA for their antiviral, Paxlovid, *only* for unvaccinated people. Why? Hospitalization is such a rare outcome in vaccinated it was impossible to power the study adequately to show benefit in the vaccinated. Think about that.

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Kevin Stewart

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2 years

If you believe masks really work to limit transmission, best come up for an explanation on what’s happening in Hong Kong, South Korea, New Zealand, Vietnam….

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Kevin Stewart

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3 years

Call me crazy, but when public health measures have people marching in the streets protesting, it’s an epic fail for Public Health.

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Kevin Stewart

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2 years

I don’t know what Omicron will do in Ontario. What I do know is unless it turns out to be a complete catastrophe, Public Health is done, finished, left without a shred of credibility.

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Kevin Stewart

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2 years

My friend’s son is currently sobbing after being told school will probably be remote here in Ontario. Well done, you assholes

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

I'm vaccinated and boosted. I'm opposed to mask mandates and restrictions. There are many of us. #returntonormal

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

Ontario is 90% of 12+ vaccinated. If we need to lock down and live in N95s now, face it, there is no exit. This is life going forward.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

Rex Murphy : “COVID-19 is the greatest notwithstanding clause the Constitution will ever see. It bypassed the whole of our famed Charter of Rights and Freedoms with hardly a whimper from any quarter. And let us not speak of the Opposition. If, that is, we have an Opposition.”

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

An asymptomatic breakthrough infection is a vaccine success.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

Locking an unvaccinated citizen into their home, as per Austria, may end up adding 1 to vaccinated count. It will also create someone who not only hates and distrusts their political leadership but also their system of government, and Public Heath in general. Is it worth it?

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

@KatharineSmart Let’s be real. Vaxports are to incentivize vaccination. I’m fully vaccinated and I feel safe in restaurants with or without vaxports.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@guillaume512312 @EpiEllie My refrigerator protects you

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 months

Michael Osterholm, the prominent epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota, also doesn’t think lockdowns did any good. “There is actually no role for lockdowns,” Lockdowns Were a Giant Experiment. It Was a Failure.

COVID Lockdowns Were a Giant Experiment. It Was a Failure.

A key lesson of the pandemic.

nymag.com

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

1 year

He kept smoking with COPD, but wants a mask mandate.

Man's obituary calls on people to mask up, get COVID shots | CBC News

The obituary for Ottawa resident Perry Handleman, who recently died in hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19, ran three short paragraphs, with no photo. But its final line contained a potent...

www.cbc.ca

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

Had Bivalent BA1 booster yesterday. Side effects suck, similar to #2 and #3 , worse than my actual COVID ( though shorter ). I chose this, no need for sympathy, but it’s a reminder of why boosters should not be mandated. I doubt I’m doing this every year.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

Going to lose my shit if it turns out infection provides better immunity than vaccination .

Eric Topol

@EricTopol

3 years

In Israel's Delta wave, a comparison of natural infection immunity versus 2-dose Pfizer mRNA vaccination for reinfection or breakthrough infections, respectively.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

1 year

@mclemoremr You thought you were going to live the rest of your life without infection from a virus 90+% of the population has had?

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

Um, didn’t see this coming. (and I don’t believe it myself) Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy, told STAT he has “really been impressed by the relative lack of severe illness” seen with Omicron so far.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

So it appears every country is going seal it’s borders again, against a variant that’s already within them. Wonderful.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

We need a circuit breaker from sociopathic public health policies

Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician)

@jeremyfaust

2 years

Done correctly, "circuit breakers" will actually fight pandemic fatigue by giving people a sense of having accomplished something. Circuit breakers achieve an attainable goal, which people will actually feel good about. Full analysis and plan here👇

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

Closing schools in face of Omicron only determines where, not if, kids will get Omicron.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

This is the sound of 15 Democratic Congressional seats slipping away...

Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH

@CDCDirector

3 years

Masks can help reduce your chance of #COVID19 infection by more than 80%. Masks also help protect from other illnesses like common cold and flu. Wearing a mask- along w/ getting vaccinated- are important steps to stay healthy. #WeCanDoThis @HHSgov

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@jeremyfaust @united Wear an N95. You surely know it’s individually protective

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

@nnbagdasarian @V2019N @drmeowza This would indicate to me control is not possible.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

We need to talk more about mask breakthroughs and less about vaccine breakthroughs.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@musicmommy23 @DrLeanaWen Because I’m nearly 63 and it’s been TWO YEARS

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

Reminder: Everyone on this planet will eventually get COVID. Masked people 4x boosted people People who never leave the house Chinese people Zero COVID Twitter blue checks People at Antarctic research stations Immunocompromised people. Everyone Conduct yourself accordingly

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

8 months

"Not just for COVID anymore" Fuck off, and let me be absolutely clear, fuck all the way off.

End Wokeness

@EndWokeness

8 months

"Now is the time to get your mask ready." Will you comply?

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

SNL touched a nerve 😆

David Fisman

@DFisman

2 years

I truly hope @nbcsnl cast and writers get the downtime and privacy that they need to go fuck themselves.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

Hinshaw: We need to learn to live with COVID without extraordinary measures.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

10 months

Canceling swimming lessons for two years probably was a bad idea? via @NYTimes

Drowning Is No. 1 Killer of Young Children. U.S. Efforts to Fix It Are Lagging.

Thirty years of progress in decreasing drowning deaths in the United States appears to have plateaued, and disparities in deaths among some racial groups have worsened.

www.nytimes.com

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

1 year

Alberta government bans school mask mandates, online-only learning | CBC News

No Alberta schools or pre-kindergarten classes can require students to wear masks to attend school, says a new provincial government regulation.

www.cbc.ca

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

1 year

This is, in fact, misinformation

Dr. Tom Frieden

@DrTomFrieden

1 year

Don't fall for misinformation. The evidence that masks work to reduce the spread of Covid is abundant and crystal clear.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

1 year

Today is the one-year anniversary of Omicron’s appearance on the world stage. Omicron eventually effectively ended the pandemic, mostly by making it obvious all NPIs were useless, and..by infecting nearly everyone, vaccinated, vaccine holdouts…hermits This is how pandemics end.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

"People who are highly stressed, anxious, lonely or depressed before catching coronavirus are more prone to long Covid than those in good mental health, according to a major study." Who could have guessed?

The Guardian

@guardian

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Study finds link between poor mental health and long Covid

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@michaelmina_lab and test positive and miss your flight? Sure, people will be clamouring for this ..

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

@alexismadrigal The drama was all about the positive test result. You were fine. Imagine if you had...just not got tested?

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

There is no exit in Ontario. Cases will eventually drop as enough people get Omicron and weather gets warmer. But vaccination does not prevent infection or transmission and infection derived immunity will wane in 6 months. By October 2022 we are right back here again.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

1 year

@jillneimark @CollignonPeter @masknerd @larmbrust If HCW can’t wear them properly, how much use are they for the general population ?

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

We’re phrasing CDC guidance as ‘victories for the administration’ now?

NYT Health

@NYTHealth

3 years

In a sweeping victory for the Biden administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed booster shots of the Moderna and the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines for tens of millions of Americans

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

There are 218 ICU patients in Ontario at moment. 75% of them unvaccinated. Last spring with nearly no community vaccination we had 900+. Yet we are facing ‘crisis’ today? Harsh restrictions on a 90% vaccinated populace is the answer? Do we believe this?

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@cmckenney The flag belongs to all Canadians. You don’t get to (re)claim it.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

This person is a tenured university professor. Kind of makes me question the value of higher education.

Amir Attaran (@[email protected])

@profamirattaran

2 years

Another flight on an American mask-free airline, another day for the P100 mask. It’s actually more comfortable than a N95.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

The pandemic, in 3 words

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

New take. We need to stay home to “protect vaccines”.

Kai Kupferschmidt

@kakape

3 years

@DrTedros @WHO Everyone can help protect vaccines, says @DrTedros . "Every time you decide to stay at home, to avoid crowds, to wear a mask or to clean your hands, you're denying the virus the opportunity to spread, the opportunity to change in ways that could make vaccines less effective."

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

@liamstack The vaccine kept you from having serious disease. It did it’s job.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@EpiEllie You’re not helping public health by making analogies like this.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

This borders on abuse: Toronto students told not to speak during lunch to reduce the spread of COVID-19

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

If you believe masking is essential, you must ban indoor dining, and bars.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

@arneduncan Delete your account

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

Opposed to more restrictions in Ontario? This is a key moment. Call Doug Ford's office 416-325-1941 You will get through to a human. Be polite, wish Happy Holidays, and tell Doug your vote in June depends on his strength and resolution now.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@brettbel If you are this insanely worried, I think you can afford to have your groceries delivered. Also, curbside pickup is offered at many grocery stores.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

Interesting that many of the same folks who claimed herd immunity was impossible with a coronavirus, by infection or vaccine, are now on the 'vaccinating the vulnerable isn't enough, we need herd immunity' train...

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

Permanently reorganizing society around combating an incredibly contagious respiratory virus seems like a mistake.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

6 years

@shiehbao Characteristics of an armed person : he was black?

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@juuuubot You might be surprised to find many people are not afraid of unmasked children.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

Today I’d like to thank everyone on Team Reality that called, wrote, or E-mailed Ford and his government ..

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@frugalistamom @captainpt @fordnation I'm vaccinated, boosted, and unafraid. Some of the unvaccinated are my neighbors, relatives, and friends. What is wrong with you?

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@JReinerMD @ThePamHead You may well have. We don't test for it, and yes, a lot of flu is asymptomatic.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

Attention Public Health: If you want to increase mask compliance, maybe don’t suggest that masking should be permanent.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

The message that “vaccines don’t stop transmission” is very damaging to public health. You can’t transmit if not infected and you are at least 10x less likely to be infected if vaccinated; if infected, your viral load appears to drop twice as fast as in unvaccinated people.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

1 year

@michaelmina_lab @nytimes Not a good look. Don’t agree with findings, disparage the process

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@_ericcarpenter1 @DataDrivenMD It’s safe right now

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

For everybody out there who thinks they can avoid infection indefinitely... Today on TWiV.. "The virus is the vaccine. We probably won't be boosting in 5 years, or even vaccinating"

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@rileyraygriffin Two courses of Paxlovid is NOT approved by FDA

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

Brilliant. Long read but the best analysis I’ve read to date. Our Failed COVID Response - by Virginia Hume - The Dispatch

Our Failed COVID Response

If, God forbid, we face another pandemic, we cannot use our COVID strategy as the baseline.

thedispatch.com

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

1 year

@maosbot So long as you weren’t on Team Truck Driver, or Team Warehouse, or Team Grocery store. In fact, only Team Laptop was ‘all in it together”. With a few dissenters, like me.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@Devilstower Why? Neither shoe removal nor masking is effective.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

Stockholm report: I have seen ZERO masks. Not on Arlanda Express, Stockholm Central Station, the Tunnelbana, streets, or my hotel. Zero, none. Downtown restaurants, cafes, bars not hollowed out like North American cities.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

@vlamers You're right. It created a class of people like you, and it will take decades to undo the damage.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

7 months

I got COVID while wearing a respirator maybe isn’t the strongest argument for masking..

Erin Durkin

@erinmdurkin

7 months

I was recently reinfected with Covid. I almost certainly got it in a healthcare setting while wearing a respirator. I suspect at an infusion center, where a maskless nurse was coughing all day. I’m beyond livid. What are we doing here people?

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

4 years

@heysciencesam This generation is being asked to sacrifice the most important years of their lives & their futures to protect a generation that never cared much about them - think climate change.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

7 years

@TheRickWilson The E-mail that went out to all IBM US employees from Rometty states that the CEOs themselves decided to dissolve it "due to recent events"

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

4 years

@BallouxFrancois @NahasNewman I've come to the the reluctant conclusion that a certain part of the population actually likes our current dystopian life. The opportunity to virtue signal, to "keep score" against our neighbors, to shame others, to tittillate with fear..to feel important...

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

4 years

A plan that doesn’t involve social distancing & lock downs forever? A plan with an exit strategy ? A plan that is honest about the very low actual risk to their age group & why they are being asked to sacrifice ?

The Globe and Mail

@globeandmail

4 years

What will persuade young people to get serious about COVID-19? Officials try social media – and threats

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@BogochIsaac So, we think we can test, trace, isolate and contain Omicron? Because we were able to do that with wild type, Alpha, and Delta? At what point does rationality take over? Focus on vaccination.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 months

@daleethompson Um, he’s not in power ?

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

Re polls showing 50+ support for retaining airline mask mandate .. MSP is *maybe* 5% masked today. Either these people don’t fly, or cancelled their bookings on one day’s notice..

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

@Molly1955_ @WajahatAli Good

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

@ShawnaGofABPoli Keeping your vaccinated ass housebound for a month isn't going to change hospitalizations an iota.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

Majority of Canadians support scrapping all COVID-19 restrictions at U.S.-Canada border by fall, poll suggests /via @globeandmail

Majority of Canadians support scrapping all COVID-19 restrictions at U.S.-Canada border by fall,...

Nanos Research conducted poll for the Globe and Mail found that 63 per cent of Canadians favour re-opening the borders this summer

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@kassandrasdream @NightShiftMD LOL, we had mask mandates on Ontario from July 2020 to March 2022. Lack of mask mandates isn't what's breaking the system

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@BogochIsaac It’s ineffective and you know it. We’ve had a mandate in Ontario since July 2020. It failed to dent four massive waves.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@saribethrose How did most of the rest of the world someone manage in person education without catastrophe?

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

1 year

Now that the official Chinese position appears to be Omicron is milder and Long COVID doesn’t exist, should be an interesting time for all the Public Health CCP fan boys & girls ..

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

@Appppprrr @nytimes No

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

We had a mask mandate in Ontario from July 2020 to March 2022 and went through four massive waves during that time. But yeah, this time it's masks.

CTV News

@CTVNews

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Experts say a sixth wave was 'guaranteed' after mask mandates dropped

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@stewak2

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@luckytran It’s not a left / right issue. It‘s simply a fact. There is no eradication option.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

As a lifelong liberal, I've been surprised by how many people I thought were like me have revealed themselves to be authoritarians, in general.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

Not sure who needs to hear this, but the answer to increasing hospitalizations among the unvaccinated is not restrictions on the vaccinated.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

@BlueTsunami5 @DrLeanaWen An unvaccinated 4 year old has 1/10 the risk of death as me, a boosted 63 year old. 1:5 million. So, no.

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@emamadden @DrLeanaWen @CNN Which they remove, regularly, to eat and drink. That they provide any meaningful protection is fantasy.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

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@soddenly @robertbenzie @TorontoStar As is your right. Mine’s going in the garbage

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@musicmommy23 @DrLeanaWen You do you, I’m boosted and I’ve also had Omicron. I’m not spending the rest of my life hiding.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

2 years

Watching ZeroCovid Twitter gleeful about Walensky testing positive is just another reminder that these are terrible people.

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

What she doesn’t realize is there is more to life than not dying. People take risks and make trade offs daily and have done so since the dawn of time.

Dr Ellie Murray, ScD

@EpiEllie

3 years

My entire professional reason for being is to answer the question: how to we help more people live longer & healthier lives? “Pandemic controls are no fun, so we should probably be satisfied with an additional 30,000 deaths per year” is just not a take I’m interested in.

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@KristinaMathews @shaylariane JFC, get help

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4 years

@bit_head @marynmck @OverUnderClover You can remove ‘now’

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Kevin Stewart

@stewak2

3 years

via @NYTimes Read this and understand why public health is totally out of touch. Mask for several years post vaccine? Never return to 2019 normal? Is 1918 Pandemic never studied in MPH programs ?

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